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United States Patent | 5,630,678 |
Branchut ,   et al. | May 20, 1997 |
An apparatus for laying out a cable comprising a frame structure through which the cable is moved. The apparatus has a top side cable guiding means which is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis of the frame structure.
Inventors: | Branchut; Jean P. (Croix Chapeau, FR); Lupi; Ange (Marseilles, FR) |
Assignee: | Stolt Comex Seaway AS (Stavanger, NO) |
Appl. No.: | 505906 |
Filed: | July 24, 1995 |
Dec 16, 1994[NO] | 944895 |
Current U.S. Class: | 405/166; 405/168.3; 405/168.4 |
Intern'l Class: | F16L 001/18 |
Field of Search: | 405/165,166,158,168.3,168.4,169,170 |
3581506 | Jun., 1971 | Howard | 405/166. |
4264234 | Apr., 1981 | Pras | 405/168. |
4433938 | Feb., 1984 | Boon | 405/168. |
4486123 | Dec., 1984 | Koch et al. | 405/166. |
5348423 | Sep., 1994 | Maloberti et al. | 405/166. |